Williams Was a Big Advocate for Gold Star Families

Hershel “Woody” Williams will be remembered for spending most of his life helping veterans and their families. The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve veteran and West Virginia native died Wednesday at 98. During his lifetime of service to others, Williams took a special interest in Gold Star families who lost loved ones, with his foundation helping to build a memorial monument in Charleston honoring families of servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. In addition to constructing monuments, Williams also supported efforts to provide grave markers for fallen veterans in all fifty states. Funeral services for Williams are planned for Sunday.